**** HRP Media Release

Police charge driver in vehicle/bicycle collision

Police have charged the driver in a vehicle/bicycle collision that occurred on July 24 in Herring Cove.

At 6:20 a.m., Halifax Regional Police responded to a vehicle/bicycle collision in the 1400 block of John Bracket Drive. The 54-year-old woman operating the bicycle sustained life-threatening injuries and was transported to the hospital.

The 24-year-old male driver of the vehicle was not injured and was issued a summary offence ticket for a vehicle passing a bicycle when travelling on right when there is less than one meter between the vehicle and cyclist contrary to 171(b)1 of the Motor Vehicle Act.

The driver is scheduled to appear in Halifax Provincial Court at a later date.